Chapter 9: Discussion

As for that tallest building, An Songyu and the others had never been there, so naturally, they had no impression of it.

An Songlin, however, suddenly realized.

After all, in the entire New District, that is the only area that is currently completely fenced off.

And although that area’s buildings are clearly not yet finished.

It is still enough to clearly see their height.

“Furthermore, the main direction of development for our Shuncheng in the last two years has been that New District.”

“Although there are sporadic factories being built in other places, there aren’t many garment factories.”

“And if we exclude the location and other factors…”

“A-Yu’s guess is indeed without any problems.”

“Then…” Bi Lizhu swallowed hard, whispering in disbelief

“That means, that means…”

“That means the news of the demolition is very likely to be true.” An Jianping still maintained a degree of caution.

“So now, what I want to discuss with you is… what we should do next.”

“Over the past few days, I have communicated with Jianmin.”

“Right now in our village, there are still several fish ponds, mulberry groves, and flower fields that haven’t been contracted out.”

“Besides that, we still have two vacant homesteads at home.”

“According to the information we have collected so far, although the demolition can be confirmed, it is not clear when it will happen.”

“But that’s okay; having this time allows us to make more adequate preparations.”

“Now, what I want to ask is, what suggestions and plans do you have in mind regarding this matter?”

When he said this, An Jianping’s gaze fell mainly on his eldest son and his wife.

It wasn’t that he didn’t value his two daughters’ opinions.

It was just that he already had some ideas in mind for his two daughters.

He just needed to settle his eldest son’s affairs first before he could bring them up.

An Songlin suppressed the excitement in his heart, took a long breath, and then said

“Dad, Mom, last Sunday, I took A-Ying to the village.”

“This past week, I have already brought it up indirectly.”

Speaking of this, An Songlin felt a bit embarrassed.

But regardless of whether the news of the demolition was true.

Or whether they couldn’t guarantee the reliability of the demolition news.

It was truly difficult to explain it directly to his fiancée.

So he said: “I was thinking, if there is no news of demolition… could our family do the same as other families in the village, set up an orchard, a vegetable garden, and a fish pond?”

“To let people from the city come and pick produce?”

“But since everyone in our family has jobs in the city, it’s really not suitable for us to be like the other families in the village.”

“So, how about we turn our two homesteads directly into a guesthouse?”

“Not like the other families in the village who have to host these people for meals and drinks, but simply provide accommodation?”

“As for the orchard, vegetable garden, and even the fish pond, we could find people to help manage them.”

“It might not be that easy to find people in our village right now.”

“But if we look for outside workers, it’s actually not difficult.”

“After all, many of those who come out to work now were originally born in the countryside.”

“So what does Xiaoxuan think now?” An Jianping asked in a deep voice.

They all knew what An Songlin meant by this.

Right now, all the savings the An family could use.

Basically consisted of the money originally prepared to buy a new house for the young couple.

Currently, housing prices in Shuncheng range from 1,200 to 2,500.

Because the An family had foresight, they were planning to buy in the newest residential complex with elevators.

The price was naturally not low.

For a 90-square-meter apartment, they needed to prepare a full two hundred thousand.

With the couple’s combined monthly salary of less than five hundred, this money was truly the bottom of their savings, and even then, they hadn’t managed to scrape it all together.

That was why the couple had set their sights on the two homesteads in the village.

An Songlin shook his head first, then continued

“Regarding buying the house, I haven’t brought it up directly yet.”

“But regarding starting a business in our hometown, I feel that A-Ying is already considering it.”

“Tomorrow is a day off, and she suggested going to the village to take another look.”

“She suggested it herself?” Bi Lizhu asked, knitting her brows, not quite believing it.

An Songlin nodded affirmatively.

“This matter is not so easy to handle!” An Jianping sighed slightly.

Although he had a thousand ideas in his heart, wanting to implement them always came down to money.

Yet, the money their family currently had could not be easily touched.

An Songlin pursed his lips slightly and said

“Dad, I think… I want to talk to A-Ying first to see if we can hold off on buying the house for now.”

As he spoke, An Songlin licked his lips uneasily.

If the demolition was true.

This decision of his could be said to affect the fate of the entire family.

But as it happened, both families had already agreed on the wedding date.

Now, there was less than two months left until the wedding.

And when they were discussing the wedding date, it was their family who had taken the initiative to offer to prepare a house for the young couple.

Now that the wedding date was set, they were going to propose backing out.

If this wasn’t communicated well.

It wouldn’t just be a change in the wedding date; it might even have an unbearable impact on the young couple’s relationship of several years.

But An Songlin also knew.

This matter could only be brought up by him; otherwise, it wouldn’t have reached this point without anyone in the family mentioning the idea of not buying the house yet.

An Songlin’s words made the whole family fall silent.

Only Bi Lizhu subconsciously wanted to object.

But just as she opened her mouth, she swallowed the words that were about to come out.

In reality, with the news of the demolition now, there was no way they could continue to sell the two homesteads in their hometown.

And without the supplement of those two homesteads.

With the couple’s current savings, even if they emptied their coffers, they would still be short a significant amount for the house they had their eyes on.

Yet, these days, after both families had studied it together, except for not having paid the deposit, that house was basically considered fully confirmed.

For a moment, Bi Lizhu couldn’t help but look at her second daughter.

An Songyu felt her mother’s gaze and looked up.

When she saw the complexity in Bi Lizhu’s eyes, she couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

She knew that her mother blamed her a little.

It wasn’t that she didn’t believe the news she brought back at all.

It was just that the current situation made Bi Lizhu feel that it would bring considerable trouble to her son.

Besides, this news of the demolition… it couldn’t be completely confirmed, could it!

With the experience of the next twenty years.

Although An Songyu wouldn’t be hurt by this look from Bi Lizhu.

Facing it again, she still felt uncomfortable.

Sure enough, in her mother’s heart.

A son and a daughter were never choices placed on the same level.

An Jianping didn’t notice the silent exchange between mother and daughter.

He looked at his son seriously

“Songlin, the matter of whether or not to buy the house now is no longer just a matter for you two.”